Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-30

The saeasstion Of The XOans Repaoh-
esq olub Of Eew YORK., thai hationAs
osnvsntion Of Republican elubs Be hsld
Il AZ early date. Ia q good ona- Il ss 20
Be hoped that she movement thus sue
rssssd vii SOFA take shape and that Be
fore many months tbsTs vill Be veil
ORGANIZED ans eqaippsd Hatiosal Re
publlsan oleb. With . branch IN every
eoanty In the unilsd States.
TIE proposed oonysntion Sould rot
be hsid IN the interest Of any Presiden-
tial esndidAte. or Of ans particular wing
Of the party. lis object wouid rather
be 10 bring The younger and more active
members Of he party togstheF In . gen
srsl discussion regarding the best means
90 ~ adopted for intoxicating Rspubli-
can doctrines and promoting the inter
esss os the party. Il ID intended, also,
that . eensEAl plan for club voFk shall
Be dssided upon, and, II ID is deemed
expedient. that 9 permanent national
organisation shall Be formed.
Recent sxpeEiense, both in The United
states ana IN Great Britain. has demon
asralsd the fset that the INST effective
form Of party organization l. that com
snsnIy knovn 90 the elnb system. II
asaak Britain ihe Conservative party hal
been greatly assisted By the Primross
Isague, an organization similar 10 thG
Ameriosn political eIabs, which kas I
large msmbsrship and is the priRoips
channel for The dissemination Of Con
sentative doetEinta. Ia ths last tvs
eanpaians In Great Britain the Conser
vaaive. leaders have relied almost en-
ssrely upon tie Primrose League TO OF
game The party and bring cut iis vo
ssEu, and the results Of thoss campaigns
attest thai The work vas veil done.
In car own eOnntFy, the oiab system
has been adopted In many Of the East
esn states ~ both Of the great political
vartles. whIis the namesoas labor par
ties which are struggling into life Il
different parts Of the country rely 81
most entirely upon H. Ia New fOga
and Pennsylvania the Republicans has'
thsir organization largely upon ID, ant
Il Il found 10 work vary enthusiastically
Perhaps the best example Of the sfioa
~ Of the slab organization ID 10 Be
fOa0d Ia Michigan, where The MiobiRaz
Olah. q powerful Republican organiza
ton With headquarters Al DstrOit add
branches 10 ell paris Of the State. has
done mash towards ehseking tha tide
af Democracy and Magwumpery, which
II enc time threatened 10 overwheln
che State. and toward placing MiOhigA1
0nss more 10 the ooiamn Of reliably
Rsvubllsan States. IRdeed, the MiS6t'
gan Cab 10 The model political club Of
chs uniisd states. end its success saa
been little less than phsnominaL
There are nansFoos Repoblican olues
scattered shFeaehoat The eOuatry, al
Of them DOING good work 10 the States
IN which they are located. They hsEe
heretofore. however, been without any
common organization or plan Of opera
eions and ksvs wanted thal strength
&nd psesti4s vhish anioa and the par
saia u ssmnan parposs always give.
A national organization Uoald greatly
ineFsass their usefulness aDd voala Be
Of great asssstsnes 10 ths PARTY IN The
eoniest Which lies before a. By al
nsans. let ths proposed sonvSatisa be
ksld ard let u Sssait IN tee formation
q q nAtiSaal organization which shail
bind The nurseries and Ssdsly scattered
RspahlcAn slahs together in a sompaea
and united whele.